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Security checkFebruary 01, 2023

Cross-site scripting in SocksJS-node

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Medium severitynpmsockjs

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Description

htmlfile in lib/transport/htmlfile.js in SockJS before 0.3.0 is vulnerable to Reflected XSS via the /htmlfile c (aka callback) parameter.

Recommendation

Update the sockjs package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): < 0.3.0
  • Patched version(s): 0.3.0

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